I will try not to
breathe
I can hold my head still with my
hands at my knees
These eyes are the eyes of the
old, shiver and fold

I will try not to breathe
This decision is mine. I have
lived a full life
And these are the eyes that I
want you to remember, oh

I need something to fly over my
grave again
I need something to breathe

I will try not to burden you
I can hold these inside. I will
hold my breath
Until all these shivers subside,
Just look in my eyes

I will try not to worry you
I have seen things that you will
never see
Leave it to memory me. I shudder
to breathe

I want you to remember, oh (you
will never see)
I need something to fly
(something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will
never see)
I need something to breathe
(something to breathe)
Baby, don't shiver now
Why do you shiver? (I will see
things you will never see)
I need something to fly
(something to fly)
Over my grave again. (I will see
things you will never see)
I need something to breathe, oh,
oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

I will try not to worry you
I have seen things that you will
never see
Leave it to memory me. Don't
dare me to breathe

I want you to remember, oh (you
will never see)
I need something to fly
(something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will
never see)
I need something to breathe
(something to breathe)
Baby, don't shiver now
Why do you shiver now? (I will
see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe
(something to breathe - I have
seen things you will never see)
I want you to remember

This here is the
place I will be staying
There isn't a number. You can
call the pay phone
Let it ring a long, long, long,
long time
If I don't pick up, hang up,
call back, let it ring some more
If I don't pick up, pick up. The
sidewinder sleeps, sleeps,
sleeps in a coil

(chorus)
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her

There are scratches all around
the coin slot
Like a heartbeat, baby, trying
to wake up,
But this machine can only
swallow money
You can't lay a patch by
computer design
It's just a lot of stupid,
stupid signs

Tell her,
Tell her she can kiss my ass,
then laugh and say that you were
only kidding
That way she'll know that it's
really, really, really, really
me, me

(repeat chorus)

Baby, instant soup doesn't
really grab me
Today I need something more
sub-sub-sub-substantial
A can of beans or blackeyed
peas, some Nescafe and ice,
A candy bar, a falling star, or
a reading of Doctor Seuss

(repeat chorus)

The cat in the hat came back,
wrecked a lot of havoc on the
way,
Always had a smile and a reason
to pretend
But their world has flat
backgrounds and little need to
sleep but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his
back

Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
I can always sleep standing up,
call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
I can always sleep standing up,
call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her
up, call me when you try to wake
her
I can always sleep standing up,
call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up,
call me when you try to wake her

When the day is
long and the night, the night is
yours alone,
When you're sure you've had
enough of this life, well hang
on
Don't let yourself go, everybody
cries and everybody hurts
sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong.
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone,
(hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go,
(hold on)
When you think you've had too
much of this life, well hang on

These bastards
stole their power from the
victims of the Us v. Them years,
Wrecking all things virtuous and
true
The undermining social
democratic downhill slide into
abysmal
Lost lamb off the precipice into
the trickle down runoff pool
They hypnotised the summer, 1979
Marched into the capital
brooding duplicitous, wicked and
able, media-ready,
Heartless, and labeled. Super US
citizen, super achiever,
Mega ultra power dosing. Relax
Defense, defense, defense,
defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah

The information nation took
their clues from all the
sound-bite gluttons
1980, 84, 88, 92 too, too
How to be what you can be, jump
jam junking your energies
How to walk in dignity with
throw up on your shoes
They amplified the autumn, 1979
Calculate the capital, up the
republic my skinny ass
TV tells a million lies. The
paper's terrified to report
Anything that isn't handed on a
presidential spoon,
I'm just profoundly frustrated
by all this. So, fuck you, man
(fuck 'em)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland,
yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland
If they weren't there we would
have created them. Maybe, it's
true,
But I'm resentful all the same.
Someone's got to take the blame
I know that this is vitriol. No
solution, spleen-venting,
But I feel better having
screamed. Don't you?
They desecrated winter, 1979
Capital collateral. Brooding
duplicitous, wicked and able,
media-ready,
Heartless, and labeled. Super US
citizen, super achiever,
Mega ultra power dosing. Relax
Defense, defense, defense,
defense. Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoreland,
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I did not do the revolution
Thank you

08 | Star Me Kitten | Nech mě
být, zlato

Keys cut, three
for the price of one
Nothing's free but guaranteed
for a lifetime's use
I've changed the locks
And you can't have one
You, you know the other two

The brakes have worn so thin
that you could hear,
I hear them screeching through
the door from our driveway
Hey love, look into your
glovebox heart
What is there for me inside?
This love is tired
I've changed the locks. Have I
misplaced you?
Have we lost our minds?
Will this never end?
It could depend on your take

You, me, we used to be on fire
If keys are all that stand
between,
Can I throw in the ring?
No gasoline
Just fuck me kitten
You are wild and I'm in your
possesion
Nothing's free so, fuck me
kitten

Hey Andy, did you hear about
this one? Tell me, are you
locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on
Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing
touch?
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool

Hey Andy, did you hear about
this one? Tell me, are you
locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on
Elvis? Hey baby, are you having
fun?
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool

Hey Andy, did you hear about
this one? Tell me, are you
locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on
Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing
touch?
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool

If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is
cool

Nightswimming
deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard,
taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the
windshield shows
Every streetlight reveals the
picture in reverse
Still, it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the water's
edge
The moon is low tonight

Nightswimming deserves a quiet
night
I'm not sure all these people
understand
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water
They cannot see me naked
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday

Nightswimming, remembering that
night
September's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming

You, I thought I knew you
You, I cannot judge
You, I thought you knew me,
This one laughing quietly
underneath my breath
Nightswimming

The photograph reflects,
Every streetlight a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet
night, deserves a quiet night

Hey now, little
speedyhead,
The read on the speedmeter says
You have to go to task in the
city
Where people drown and people
serve
Don't be shy. Your just deserve
Is only just light years to go

Me, my thoughts are flower
strewn
Ocean storm, bayberry moon
I have got to leave to find my
way
Watch the road and memorize
This life that pass before my
eyes
Nothing is going my way

The ocean is the river's goal,
A need to leave the water knows
We're closer now than light
years to go

I have got to find the river,
Bergamot and vetiver
Run through my head and fall
away
Leave the road and memorize
This life that pass before my
eyes
Nothing is going my way

There's no one left to take the
lead,
But I tell you and you can see
We're closer now than light
years to go
Pick up here and chase the ride
The river empties to the tide
Fall into the ocean

The river to the ocean goes,
A fortune for the undertow
None of this is going my way
There is nothing left to throw
Of Ginger, lemon, indigo,
Coriander stem and rose of hay
Strength and courage overrides
The privileged and weary eyes
Of river poet search naivete
Pick up here and chase the ride
The river empties to the tide
All of this is coming your way